# H.R. 4593 (119th): Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act or the SHOWER Act

Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act or the SHOWER Act This bill provides statutory authority for a revised definition of showerhead for the purpose of federal water efficiency regulations. Specifically, the bill adopts the definition of showerhead established by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The bill also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to revise existing regulations to reflect the new definition. Executive Order 14264 (titled Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads and issued on April 9, 2025) directed DOE to rescind its regulatory definition of showerhead. This bill provides statutory authority for a new definition that replaces the rescinded regulations.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: energy_efficiency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_reform. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 22: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 23: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a technical regulatory measure that combines a plausible household-burden concern about water-efficiency rules with a water-conservation purpose. It does not directly advance moral harm or directly restrain a named evil, so it falls in the prudential area rather than a clear good or evil classification.
Theological note: Ordinary regulatory definitions of consumer products such as showerheads raise stewardship and prudence questions about water use, household burden, and proper governmental authority. The measure does not directly address a named moral evil or a direct defense of justice, so it is best understood as a prudential matter of ordinary governance.

## Recorded votes

Roll 22: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 209 · Nay 215 · Other 7.
Roll 23: On Passage. Yea 226 · Nay 197 · Other 8.

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